Vice President of the Cuban Friendship Institute (ICAP) Elio Games said that Cuba will continue to support the independence cause of the Puerto Rican people at international forums.... More


A 24-hour TV Satellite broadcast of Cuban audiovisuals will be reaching the US audience on the CubaMax TV channel following a joint agreement between the Cuban Radio and Television Institute and Dish Network TV.... More


The governments of Cuba and Guatemala have relaunched bilateral trade and economic ties, particularly in the tourism sector.... More


A 43-member delegation from the United States will for the first time participate in Cubaindustria, an industrial fair aimed at attracting foreign investment to the Caribbean state, organizers said Thursday.... More


Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has welcomed the prospect of normalized relations with the United States after Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced there would be high-level meetings to improve relations between the two countries.... More


Brazilian Tourism Minister Henrique Alves

Another Brazilian minister has resigned from the government of interim President Michel Temer over fraud charges, less than a month after assuming office.... More


Argentinean President Mauricio Macri visited Colombia to meet with his counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos, and both emerged from the meeting pushing for neo-liberal trade agreements.... More


Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa announced Thursday that his government has renewed a state of emergency which was declared following a 7.8-magnitude earthquake on April 16th for another 30 days.... More


Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced a bill to pull out security from Honduras in light of the recent murder of Indigenous environmentalist Berta Caceres.... More


The Mexican Army has deployed 300 soldiers to the prison where infamous drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is being held, on fears that he will try to escape for a third time, according to several news outlets.... More


Haiti’s interim President Jocelerme Privert

Haiti’s interim President Jocelerme Privert has called on the National Assembly to make “a decision” in the face of his transitional government’s 120-day mandate expiring, while the United Nations warned of the risk of an impending “institutional vacuum” in the country if steps are not taken to manage looming uncertainty.... More


Russia’s ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has condemned the Western military alliance’s plans to deploy four battalions close to Russian borders, arguing that the moves will destabilize Europe.... More


Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova

Russia has warned against a call by U.S. State Department officials for strikes against the Syrian government, saying Moscow is opposed to a military solution.... More


The head of a major French union has vowed more street marches against a set of controversial labor reforms next week in defiance of threats by President Francois Hollande and his premier to ban anti-Paris protest rallies.... More


Scuffles have broken out between Japanese police and anti-US protesters who were out on the streets to voice their anger at the U.S. military presence on the Okinawa island.... More


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